Edward Orville Powers Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms Coll. 073

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The Powers Collection contains photographs and sketches depicting the college, Lake City, and other Florida sites. Included among the photographs are images of students and buildings that also appear in the college catalog. These, and similar pictures that are not in the catalog, appear to be professionally done. Other images, presumably taken by Edward Powers, depict buildings, people, and street scenes. Many of the photographs are part of a scrapbook; others are individual images. The sketches were done by Edward Powers and include College Hall, a portrait of Henry Powers, a wooden schoolhouse in Lake City, Lake Hamburg, and the Hotel Ponce De Leon. Also in the collection are textbooks used by Powers, including two with the college's textbook regulations, his enrollment papers in the Florida State Troops, and a journal containing his chemistry notes and an account of a 1893 trip from Lake City to the Chicago Exposition.

Dates

Creation: Circa 1890-1900

Creator

Powers, Edward Orville. (Person)

Access

University Archives collections are available for research. Portions of the collections may be restricted due to the requirements of applicable state and federal laws, including but not limited to FERPA and HIPAA, and in accordance with best practices as defined by the Society of American Archivists.

Biographical/Historical Note

Edward O. Powers was an engineering student at the Florida Agricultural College at Lake City in the 1890s. He graduated in 1895 with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and worked as an electrician in St. Augustine. His father, Henry C. Powers, was an engineering instructor at the college from 1890 to 1897. In 1900, Edward Powers returned to his birthplace in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Extent

2 Linear feet (2 Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Powers Collection contains photographs and sketches depicting the Florida Agricultural College, Lake City, and other Florida sites.

Physical Location

University of Florida Smathers Library Building

Alternative Form of Material

Images from the Powers collection have been reproduced digitally, and are available as part of the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.

Separated Material

Color sketches of College Hall and Henry C. Powers removed to University Archives Graphics Collection.

Processing Notes

All Florida photographs have been reproduced and have been filed in the photograph collections of the University Archives and the Library of Florida History.